Improve Medical Culture

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Welcome to Improve Medical Culture

This site is a place where healthcare workers and patients can come together to work on improving the way people treat each other in the medical setting.

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The hospital is a stressful place for patients and healthcare employees. Sometimes this stress is taken out on others. Medical students are often hazed during the process of becoming doctors. Harassment and discrimination are prevalent. Physician and medical student suicide has reached an alarming rate. How can doctors take care of patients if they are not being permitted to take care of themselves? There are many projects in place to Improve Medical Culture and this community aims to integrate them and spread awareness of their existence. For example, in an effort to decrease stigma and increase awareness, a National Day of Solidarity to Prevent Physician Suicide was held across the nation. Additionally, there is now a physician wellness program being created to safely allow chronically ill physicians and medical students access to the care they need. We send encouraging messages to exhausted healthcare workers in an effort to spread positivity. We want to hear from you if you are a healthcare worker who is being abused so that we can help to find you resources. We also want to hear from you if you are a healthcare worker in a happy, healthy, environment so that similar strategies can be incorporated elsewhere.

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